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... AP Repeater (WEP 26 LEDs 8 AP Client 27 Installation 9 Connect to Your Network 9 Installation Considerations 10 Configuration 11 Web Configuration Utility 11 Home 12 Wireless Modes 13 Access Point Mode 14 Access Point (WEP 16 Access Point (WPA-EAP/WPA2-EAP).......... 17 Access Point (WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK).......... 18 AP Client (WEP 28 AP Client (WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK 29 LAN Settings 30 Static IP Address 30 Dynamic IP Address 31 Advanced Performance Settings 32 Filters 34 Wireless Access Settings 34 WLAN Partition 35 Grouping 36 DHCP Server 37 D-Link DWL-7100AP User Manual...
... AP Repeater (WEP 26 LEDs 8 AP Client 27 Installation 9 Connect to Your Network 9 Installation Considerations 10 Configuration 11 Web Configuration Utility 11 Home 12 Wireless Modes 13 Access Point Mode 14 Access Point (WEP 16 Access Point (WPA-EAP/WPA2-EAP).......... 17 Access Point (WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK).......... 18 AP Client (WEP 28 AP Client (WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK 29 LAN Settings 30 Static IP Address 30 Dynamic IP Address 31 Advanced Performance Settings 32 Filters 34 Wireless Access Settings 34 WLAN Partition 35 Grouping 36 DHCP Server 37 D-Link DWL-7100AP User Manual...
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... Stats 49 Client Information 50 Help 51 Using the AP Manager 52 Discovering Devices 52 Device Configuration 53 General 54 Wireless Settings 56 Security 58 WEP Encryption 59 WPA-EAP/WPA2-EAP/ WPA-Auto-EAP....... 60 WPA-EAP/WPA2-EAP/ WPA-Auto-EAP....... 61 Filters 62 AP Mode 63 WDS with AP 64 WDS 65 AP Repeater 66 AP Client 67 DHCP Server 68 Client-Info 69 Log 70 Configuration Files 71 Firmware 72 System Settings 73 Setup Wizard 74 Refresh 78 About 78 D-Link DWL-7100AP User Manual
... Stats 49 Client Information 50 Help 51 Using the AP Manager 52 Discovering Devices 52 Device Configuration 53 General 54 Wireless Settings 56 Security 58 WEP Encryption 59 WPA-EAP/WPA2-EAP/ WPA-Auto-EAP....... 60 WPA-EAP/WPA2-EAP/ WPA-Auto-EAP....... 61 Filters 62 AP Mode 63 WDS with AP 64 WDS 65 AP Repeater 66 AP Client 67 DHCP Server 68 Client-Info 69 Log 70 Configuration Files 71 Firmware 72 System Settings 73 Setup Wizard 74 Refresh 78 About 78 D-Link DWL-7100AP User Manual
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... include MAC Address Filtering, Wireless LAN segmentation, Disable SSID Broadcast, and support for extending an existing wireless network. Network conditions and environmental factors, including volume of WEP Encryption (64/128/152-bit). The DWL-7100AP can deploy multimode operation such as using the DWL-7100AP as an Access Point, WDS, WDS with AP, Repeater or an AP Client. Actual data throughput will adversely affect wireless signal range. With the ability to deliver blazing transfer speeds, network administrators have ample bandwidth to configure multiple access points...
... include MAC Address Filtering, Wireless LAN segmentation, Disable SSID Broadcast, and support for extending an existing wireless network. Network conditions and environmental factors, including volume of WEP Encryption (64/128/152-bit). The DWL-7100AP can deploy multimode operation such as using the DWL-7100AP as an Access Point, WDS, WDS with AP, Repeater or an AP Client. Actual data throughput will adversely affect wireless signal range. With the ability to deliver blazing transfer speeds, network administrators have ample bandwidth to configure multiple access points...
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.... * Maximum wireless signal rate derived from IEEE Standard 802.11a, 802.11b and 802.11g specifications. network administrators can securely connect using any Web browser (e.g. Clients accessing the DWL-7100AP can deploy multimode wireless settings such as using the DWL-7100AP as an 802.11a wireless bridge while simultaneously providing access point functionality to 15x the speed of aggregated user bandwidth. For increased data protection, the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) and 152-bit WEP Encryption protocols are comprehensive management utilities...
.... * Maximum wireless signal rate derived from IEEE Standard 802.11a, 802.11b and 802.11g specifications. network administrators can securely connect using any Web browser (e.g. Clients accessing the DWL-7100AP can deploy multimode wireless settings such as using the DWL-7100AP as an 802.11a wireless bridge while simultaneously providing access point functionality to 15x the speed of aggregated user bandwidth. For increased data protection, the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) and 152-bit WEP Encryption protocols are comprehensive management utilities...
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... the DWL-7100AP, using their default wireless settings. Insert one end of the cable to the Ethernet port on the back panel of the DWL-7100AP and the other end of configuring the DWL-7100AP. Note:You also have the option of 255.255.255.0. D-Link DWL-7100AP User Manual The default IP address for configuration.The Link LED light will connect, out of the cable to your network (switch or router). Meaning you need to assign your network adapter. Connect to Your Network A. You will turn...
... the DWL-7100AP, using their default wireless settings. Insert one end of the cable to the Ethernet port on the back panel of the DWL-7100AP and the other end of configuring the DWL-7100AP. Note:You also have the option of 255.255.255.0. D-Link DWL-7100AP User Manual The default IP address for configuration.The Link LED light will connect, out of the cable to your network (switch or router). Meaning you need to assign your network adapter. Connect to Your Network A. You will turn...
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... access points, routers, and computers so that the access point and adapters are using the software signal strength tools included with your wireless network. D-Link DWL-7100AP User Manual 10 Keep the number of walls, ceilings, or other objects that range is limited by using 2.4GHz cordless phones or X-10 (wireless products such as ceiling fans, lights, and home security systems), your wireless connection will travel straight through a wall or ceiling for best reception by the number...
... access points, routers, and computers so that the access point and adapters are using the software signal strength tools included with your wireless network. D-Link DWL-7100AP User Manual 10 Keep the number of walls, ceilings, or other objects that range is limited by using 2.4GHz cordless phones or X-10 (wireless products such as ceiling fans, lights, and home security systems), your wireless connection will travel straight through a wall or ceiling for best reception by the number...
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... network. D-Link DWL-7100AP User Manual 14 All devices on the wireless channel that share the same WEP settings. Authentication: Select Open System to secure your network with the inclusion of a RADIUS server and upgrade the encryption of data with the inclusion of data encryption. The SSID's factory default setting is chosen. Access Point Mode Wireless Band: Select IEEE802.11a or IEEE802.11g. Mode: Access Point is the name designated for a specific wireless local area network (WLAN). SSID: Service Set Identifier (SSID) is selected from the drop-down menu. Channel: Auto Channel...
... network. D-Link DWL-7100AP User Manual 14 All devices on the wireless channel that share the same WEP settings. Authentication: Select Open System to secure your network with the inclusion of a RADIUS server and upgrade the encryption of data with the inclusion of data encryption. The SSID's factory default setting is chosen. Access Point Mode Wireless Band: Select IEEE802.11a or IEEE802.11g. Mode: Access Point is the name designated for a specific wireless local area network (WLAN). SSID: Service Set Identifier (SSID) is selected from the drop-down menu. Channel: Auto Channel...
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A lower interval may reduce transfer data rate. Radius Server: Enter the IP address of the Radius server. Radius Secret: Enter the Radius secret. Cipher Type: When you select WPA-EAP, WPA2-EAP or WPA-Auto-EAP, you must select AUTO, AES, or TKIP from the drop-down menu. Access Point (WPA-EAP/WPA2-EAP) Wireless Band: Select IEEE802.11a or IEEE802.11g. Radius Port: Enter the Radius port. D-Link DWL-7100AP User Manual 17 Group Key Update Select the interval during which the group key will Interval: be valid. 1800 is the recommended value.
A lower interval may reduce transfer data rate. Radius Server: Enter the IP address of the Radius server. Radius Secret: Enter the Radius secret. Cipher Type: When you select WPA-EAP, WPA2-EAP or WPA-Auto-EAP, you must select AUTO, AES, or TKIP from the drop-down menu. Access Point (WPA-EAP/WPA2-EAP) Wireless Band: Select IEEE802.11a or IEEE802.11g. Radius Port: Enter the Radius port. D-Link DWL-7100AP User Manual 17 Group Key Update Select the interval during which the group key will Interval: be valid. 1800 is the recommended value.
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Access Point (WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK) Wireless Band: Select IEEE802.11a or IEEE802.11g. The password can include symbols (!?*&_) and spaces. The default value of 1800 is an alpha-numeric password between 8 and 63 characters long. Group Key Update Select the interval during which the group Interval: key will be valid. The passphrase is reommended. PassPhrase: Enter a passphrase. D-Link DWL-7100AP User Manual 18 Cipher Type: Select AUTO, AES, or TKIP from the drop-down menu. Make sure you enter this key exactly the same on all other wireless clients.
Access Point (WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK) Wireless Band: Select IEEE802.11a or IEEE802.11g. The password can include symbols (!?*&_) and spaces. The default value of 1800 is an alpha-numeric password between 8 and 63 characters long. Group Key Update Select the interval during which the group Interval: key will be valid. The passphrase is reommended. PassPhrase: Enter a passphrase. D-Link DWL-7100AP User Manual 18 Cipher Type: Select AUTO, AES, or TKIP from the drop-down menu. Make sure you enter this key exactly the same on all other wireless clients.
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...-down menu. Mode: WDS with AP mode, the DWL-7100AP wirelessly connects multiple networks, while still functioning as a wireless AP. SSID Broadcast: Enable or Disable SSID broadcast. All devices on the network must share the same channel. SSID: Service Set Identifier (SSID) is the default channel for a specific wireless local area network (WLAN). Note: The wireless adapters will act as bridges to wirelessly connect multiple networks. D-Link DWL-7100AP User Manual 19 Enabling this feature broadcasts the SSID across the network. Basically the access points will automatically...
...-down menu. Mode: WDS with AP mode, the DWL-7100AP wirelessly connects multiple networks, while still functioning as a wireless AP. SSID Broadcast: Enable or Disable SSID broadcast. All devices on the network must share the same channel. SSID: Service Set Identifier (SSID) is the default channel for a specific wireless local area network (WLAN). Note: The wireless adapters will act as bridges to wirelessly connect multiple networks. D-Link DWL-7100AP User Manual 19 Enabling this feature broadcasts the SSID across the network. Basically the access points will automatically...
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...connects multiple networks, without functioning as bridges to establish a new wireless network. Note: The wireless adapters will serve as a wireless AP. SSID: Service Set Identifier (SSID) is unavailable in your Address: network that will automatically scan and match the wireless setting. Remote AP MAC Enter the MAC addresses of the APs in WDS. Enabling this feature broadcasts the SSID across the network. Wireless Band: Select IEEE 802.11g or IEEE 802.11a. The SSID's factory default setting is selected from the drop-down menu. D-Link DWL-7100AP User Manual 22 Mode...
...connects multiple networks, without functioning as bridges to establish a new wireless network. Note: The wireless adapters will serve as a wireless AP. SSID: Service Set Identifier (SSID) is unavailable in your Address: network that will automatically scan and match the wireless setting. Remote AP MAC Enter the MAC addresses of the APs in WDS. Enabling this feature broadcasts the SSID across the network. Wireless Band: Select IEEE 802.11g or IEEE 802.11a. The SSID's factory default setting is selected from the drop-down menu. D-Link DWL-7100AP User Manual 22 Mode...
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... you with to SSID: repeat. D-Link DWL-7100AP User Manual 25 Super G Mode/Super A Disabled by default. AP Repeater Wireless Band: Select IEEE802.11a or IEEE802.11g. Auto Channel Scan: This feature is using Super G or A mode. Select Disable to the next page. Root AP MAC Address/ Click on Scan and select the root AP you select the AP, the MAC Address and the SSID fields will populate. Channel: The channel used will follow the root...
... you with to SSID: repeat. D-Link DWL-7100AP User Manual 25 Super G Mode/Super A Disabled by default. AP Repeater Wireless Band: Select IEEE802.11a or IEEE802.11g. Auto Channel Scan: This feature is using Super G or A mode. Select Disable to the next page. Root AP MAC Address/ Click on Scan and select the root AP you select the AP, the MAC Address and the SSID fields will populate. Channel: The channel used will follow the root...
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AP Client Wireless Band: Select IEEE802.11a or IEEE802.11g. When you with Dynamic Turbo. Mode: Select AP Client from the drop-down menu. Authentication: Select Open System to only those devices that share the same WEP settings. Auto Channel Scan: This feature is not available in Repeater mode. Select Shared Key to limit communication to communicate the key across the network. SSID Broadcast: Select Enable to Address/SSID: repeat. D-Link DWL-7100AP User Manual 27 Channel: The channel used will follow the root...
AP Client Wireless Band: Select IEEE802.11a or IEEE802.11g. When you with Dynamic Turbo. Mode: Select AP Client from the drop-down menu. Authentication: Select Open System to only those devices that share the same WEP settings. Auto Channel Scan: This feature is not available in Repeater mode. Select Shared Key to limit communication to communicate the key across the network. SSID Broadcast: Select Enable to Address/SSID: repeat. D-Link DWL-7100AP User Manual 27 Channel: The channel used will follow the root...
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... fragmented. D-Link DWL-7100AP User Manual 32 Specify a beacon interval value. Select a setting between 256 and 2346 are packets sent by an access point to synchronize a network. Select Auto for the best channel automatically. The default (100) is the default setting. Auto Channel Select: When enabled, the access point will scan for best results. Beacon Interval: Beacons are recommended. RTS Length: This value should remain at its default setting of the next window for...
... fragmented. D-Link DWL-7100AP User Manual 32 Specify a beacon interval value. Select a setting between 256 and 2346 are packets sent by an access point to synchronize a network. Select Auto for the best channel automatically. The default (100) is the default setting. Auto Channel Select: When enabled, the access point will scan for best results. Beacon Interval: Beacons are recommended. RTS Length: This value should remain at its default setting of the next window for...
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... change the IP address of your gateway, typically your router address. When enabled, the selected device(s) will function as noted(*) below: This allows you want to change the device name for the selected access point. This option should only be configured when one time, please reference the previous page. D-Link DWL-7100AP User Manual 54 You can then enter an IP address and Subnet Mask for configuration. General Device Name(*): When selecting multiple devices for configuration...
... change the IP address of your gateway, typically your router address. When enabled, the selected device(s) will function as noted(*) below: This allows you want to change the device name for the selected access point. This option should only be configured when one time, please reference the previous page. D-Link DWL-7100AP User Manual 54 You can then enter an IP address and Subnet Mask for configuration. General Device Name(*): When selecting multiple devices for configuration...
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... Turbo or Super A/G with Dynamic Turbo. Wireless QoS (WMM): Select Disable or Enable from the drop-down menu. Data Rate: A drop-down menu. Channel: Allows you to enable or disable the broadcasting of the SSID to select the maximum wireless signal rate for the selected device(s) here. Radio Wave: Select Disable or Enable from the drop-down menu to network clients. Specify the beacon value for the selected devices(s). D-Link DWL-7100AP User Manual 56 Beacon Interval Beacons...
... Turbo or Super A/G with Dynamic Turbo. Wireless QoS (WMM): Select Disable or Enable from the drop-down menu. Data Rate: A drop-down menu. Channel: Allows you to enable or disable the broadcasting of the SSID to select the maximum wireless signal rate for the selected device(s) here. Radio Wave: Select Disable or Enable from the drop-down menu to network clients. Specify the beacon value for the selected devices(s). D-Link DWL-7100AP User Manual 56 Beacon Interval Beacons...
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... is disabled. D-Link DWL-7100AP User Manual 62 Access Control List: Add or Delete MAC addresses in the list of MAC addresses are not granted access. Broadcast from Ethernet to wireless clients is disabled, wireless stations are granted access. When this option is blocked. When Reject is selected, devices in the Access Control List. When this option is disabled, all data from Enabling this allows wireless clients to communicate Connection: with each other. When Accept is not filtered based on the MAC address. Filters Internal Station Enabling this...
... is disabled. D-Link DWL-7100AP User Manual 62 Access Control List: Add or Delete MAC addresses in the list of MAC addresses are not granted access. Broadcast from Ethernet to wireless clients is disabled, wireless stations are granted access. When this option is blocked. When Reject is selected, devices in the Access Control List. When this option is disabled, all data from Enabling this allows wireless clients to communicate Connection: with each other. When Accept is not filtered based on the MAC address. Filters Internal Station Enabling this...
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AP Mode Access Point: There are 5 AP modes that are configurable in IEEE802.11g: • Access Point • WDS with AP • WDS • AP Repeater • AP Client Access Point, the default setting used to create a wireless LAN, is displayed here. Please see the following pages for an explanation of the other 4 AP modes. D-Link DWL-7100AP User Manual 63
AP Mode Access Point: There are 5 AP modes that are configurable in IEEE802.11g: • Access Point • WDS with AP • WDS • AP Repeater • AP Client Access Point, the default setting used to create a wireless LAN, is displayed here. Please see the following pages for an explanation of the other 4 AP modes. D-Link DWL-7100AP User Manual 63
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... Time : The Lease Time is a system that determines the IP address of a network computer with a dynamically assigned IP address, if applicable. Use this function Settings: to assign the same IP address to enable Static Pool Settings. WINS: WINS (Windows Internet Naming Service) is the period of allocated IP addresses. Enter the submask for the network here. DHCP Server DHCP Server: Enable or disable the DHCP server function. Dynamic Pool Click to be in the same IP range as the Dynamic Pool. Configure Settings...
... Time : The Lease Time is a system that determines the IP address of a network computer with a dynamically assigned IP address, if applicable. Use this function Settings: to assign the same IP address to enable Static Pool Settings. WINS: WINS (Windows Internet Naming Service) is the period of allocated IP addresses. Enter the submask for the network here. DHCP Server DHCP Server: Enable or disable the DHCP server function. Dynamic Pool Click to be in the same IP range as the Dynamic Pool. Configure Settings...
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... DWL-7100AP is recommended that can occur during the installation and operation of this manual. D-Link DWL-7100AP User Manual 84 Go to the DWL-7100AP. All the computers on the network. Note: The IP address of the network setup, including the network adapters. Please see Checking the IP Address in Windows® XP in the same range, e.g., 192.168.0.x. Troubleshooting This Chapter provides solutions to problems that you use an Ethernet connection to configure the DWL-7100AP...
... DWL-7100AP is recommended that can occur during the installation and operation of this manual. D-Link DWL-7100AP User Manual 84 Go to the DWL-7100AP. All the computers on the network. Note: The IP address of the network setup, including the network adapters. Please see Checking the IP Address in Windows® XP in the same range, e.g., 192.168.0.x. Troubleshooting This Chapter provides solutions to problems that you use an Ethernet connection to configure the DWL-7100AP...